SBIR/STTR Research Award
Efficacy of Recombinant Redox Enzymes from Corn in Wood and Textile Applications
Award amount
$75,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2003Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Agriculture
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- Applied Biotechnology Institute, Inc.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- XNMLFC55AWN3
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
NON-TECHNICAL SUMMARY: Industrial proteins produced in plants, particularly corn, offer a unique opportunity for industrial scale production of enzymes at competitive prices and yields that will address markets that cannot be addressed today. These corn-produced enzymes open the possibility to address such large markets as pulp bleaching, textile bleaching, bio-glues and enzymatic remediation of waste streams. The goal is to show efficacy, cost-effectiveness and feasibility of applying oxidative enzymes derived from transgenic corn seed material in these processes. The results of these experiments will define efficacious applications of laccase and manganese peroxidase produced from a corn matrix, and thus direct potential commercial outlets for this new source of redox enzymes.
Technology keywords
Not reported
Other awards by this recipient
Verified by the same UEI. These are other public SBIR/STTR award pages, not a merged company record.
- Low-cost Production of a Vaccine for Lyme Disease in Maize
- Orally-Delivered Fish Vaccines
- Production of a Candidate Vaccine for Avian Coccidiosis in Maize
- Production of stabilized trimeric HIV Env protein in maize
- Production of immunogenic Ebola GP protein in maize
Research funding history
19 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1999–2021). Reported award amounts total $6,251,515. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Agriculture, Department of Health and Human Services